Hello, my question regards the monsters activation. I've already sent a message to Sadgit and he was so kind to reply in few hours. For this reason I post here my question and his answer, hoping that someone else could add more informations about it.

Q:When the Overlord activates a group of monsters, does he activate every single monster automatically at the same time? Or must he activate every single monster of the group after the group's activation?For example, when Ashrian ends her turn adjacent to various monsters of a same group and one of them is a master monster, can the Overlord activate that monsters group and then the master monster of that group, trying to defeat Ashrian, so that the other monsters are not stunned for the Hero's passive ability?Has been released an official answer to my question? I was not able to find it in the official FAQ. I have tried also to search this question in the forum but i was not successfull.

Reply from Sadgit:Monsters are activated in groups, all monsters of a given type must be activated before a member of another monster group may be activated. This is sometimes referred to as “activating a monster group”, although each monster in a given group is activated individually. Thus, the overlord is allowed to activate the master monster first if he/she choose to. If he/she manages to defeat Ashrian with the master monster, her hero figure is replaced by her hero token and her hero ability would be inactive. Any minion monsters of that group would not be stunned at the start of their activation. As far as I know, this question has not explicitly been answered by FFG in the past. However, the ruling on the bard's skill dissonance here, explains the general principle.

For clarification, there is no "Activate a monster group" rule. The rule simply states that you must activate all monsters in one group before you can activate any in another group. Every "Activate" is done with a single figure. Any effects that would refer to a group of monsters activating means the monsters in one group that are (individually) activating.

That's not STRICTLY true. If you look at the champion skill "no mercy," or the marshal skill "just reward," for example, they refer to a "monster group's activation". It is true that really all a "group activation" consists of is the consecutive activation of the individuals in that group. The individual is not "activated" when the group activates. It's an unfortunate double use of the same term, but it generally doesn't cause problems.

Zombie group activation: The time during which any zombie is activated.